The majority of our animals seem pretty quiet now, but any one of them may break out in this way if things go awry.

There is no doubt that the bumping of the sledges close at the heels of the animals is the root of the evil.
The weather has the appearance of breaking.

We had a strongish northerly breeze at midday with snow and hail storms, and now the wind has turned to the south and the sky is overcast with threatenings of a blizzard.

The floe is cracking and pieces may go out--if so the ship will have to get up steam again.

The hail at noon made the surface very bad for some hours; the men and dogs felt it most.
The dogs are going well, but Meares says he thinks that several are suffering from snow blindness.